What are the characteristics of a type A personality?
Type A personalities tend to be very high-strung, ambitious and competitive; they are neat, move very quickly and are chronically stressed. Watch psychiatrist Sudeepta Varma, MD, explain the characteristics and health risks of the Type A personality.
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The impulsive quality lends itself to having poor food choices, and as a result, being overweight and having high BMI--
body mass indexes. [MUSIC PLAYING]
Type-A personalities tend to be very high strung. These are your ambitious, go-getting, kind of
very compulsive, impulsive, and competitive-natured type people. In the compulsive department, you'll
find that their desks are very neatly organized. Their kitchens might be very neatly organized. And these people tend to move very quickly.
And if you get in their way, watch out. They can get a little aggressive. So they also tend to eat their meals very quickly, and they always seem like they're in a rush.
And specifically if they ever had to slow down, like in traffic, they are not happy. You do not want to be in the car, or a passenger in one
of these cars. Some of the health characteristics is that type As tend to be chronically stressed. And as a result, they'll have a weakened immune system.
You'll also find that they have a tendency to have more ulcers because of chronic acid production. Some of the risk-taking behaviors, the impulsivity
can lend itself to having more ulcers, as well as overeating. The impulsive quality lends itself
to having poor food choices, and as a result, being overweight and having high BMI-- body mass indexes.
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